Re: Another chording keyboard
Draco Rat <[email protected]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:44:55 -0700
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--rwUAkd2fsEC3rFwQIf6xLxdAyxTuY06wzPProW5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Not to mention the problems with typing digigraphs and with where some of the most common letters landed. (E is on the thumb for instance ...) Additionally, it can take up to three button presses to type one letter. It's even worse than that - it's three button-downs, followed by three button-releases - meaning they have to be held together at the same time to type that one letter... No thanks, I'll pass. On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Giles Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, yeah - I hadn't stopped to think about that, but let's look at the > consequences: > - slightly shorter learning curve when starting out > - significantly lower top speed once the user masters the device > > How long would it take to read and think about this: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency#Relative_frequencies_of_letters_in_the_English_language > > (The producers seem to be English so I'm assuming that's the market they're > targeting.) > > On 24 January 2013 10:48, Draco Rat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > The buttons are alphabetized. That should tell you something about how > much > > (lack of) research went in to typing efficiently with this device. > > > > --Draco > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Giles Orr [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > Came up on Slashdot today: > > > > > > http://www.in10did.com/ > > > > > > Looks a lot like other recent chording keyboard designs. Also looks > > > awkward and slow - but it's very small. Don't think it's available > > > for sale yet. > > > > > > -- > > > Giles > > > http://www.gilesorr.com/ > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > Giles > http://www.gilesorr.com/ > [email protected] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --rwUAkd2fsEC3rFwQIf6xLxdAyxTuY06wzPProW5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p>Not to mention the problems with typing digigraphs and with where some of<br> the most common letters landed. (E is on the thumb for instance ...)<br> <br> Additionally, it can take up to three button presses to type one letter.<br> It's even worse than that - it's three button-downs, followed by three<br> button-releases - meaning they have to be held together at the same time to<br> type that one letter...<br> <br> No thanks, I'll pass.<br> <br> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Giles Orr <a href="mailto:gilesorr%40gmail.com">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > Wow, yeah - I hadn't stopped to think about that, but let's look at the<br> > consequences:<br> > - slightly shorter learning curve when starting out<br> > - significantly lower top speed once the user masters the device<br> ><br> > How long would it take to read and think about this:<br> ><br> ><br> > <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency#Relative_frequencies_of_letters_in_the_English_language">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency#Relative_frequencies_of_letters_in_the_English_language</a><br> ><br> > (The producers seem to be English so I'm assuming that's the market they're<br> > targeting.)<br> ><br> > On 24 January 2013 10:48, Draco Rat <a href="mailto:dracorat%40gmail.com">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > > **<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > The buttons are alphabetized. That should tell you something about how<br> > much<br> > > (lack of) research went in to typing efficiently with this device.<br> > ><br> > > --Draco<br> > ><br> > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Giles Orr <a href="mailto:gilesorr%40gmail.com">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> > ><br> > > > **<br> > ><br> > > ><br> > > ><br> > > > Came up on Slashdot today:<br> > > ><br> > > > <a href="http://www.in10did.com/">http://www.in10did.com/</a><br> > > ><br> > > > Looks a lot like other recent chording keyboard designs. Also looks<br> > > > awkward and slow - but it's very small. Don't think it's available<br> > > > for sale yet.<br> > > ><br> > > > --<br> > > > Giles<br> > > > <a href="http://www.gilesorr.com/">http://www.gilesorr.com/</a><br> > > > <a href="mailto:gilesorr%40gmail.com">[email protected]</a><br> > > ><br> > > ><br> > ><br> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<br> > ><br> > ><br> > ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > Giles<br> > <a href="http://www.gilesorr.com/">http://www.gilesorr.com/</a><br> > <a href="mailto:gilesorr%40gmail.com">[email protected]</a><br> ><br> ><br> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > ------------------------------------<br> ><br> > To Post a message, send it to: <a href="mailto:altkeyboards%40eGroups.com">[email protected]</a><br> > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:<br> > <a href="mailto:altkeyboards-unsubscribe%40eGroups.comYahoo">[email protected]</a>! 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